> The Caribbean Association of Madison-UW invites you to attend a lecture
> on:
>
> The Liberation of the Congo and Pan Africanism in 1997
>
> by
>
> Dr. Tajudeen Abdul Raheem
> General Secretary of the Pan African Congress
>
> Monday, November 24, 1997
> 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
> Memorial Union, TITU
>
> Dr. Abdul Raheem is the General Secretary of the Global Pan African
> Movement, which has its headquarters in Kampala, Uganda.  He was born in
> Nigeria and as a Nigerian Rhodes scholar studied at Oxford University in
> the United Kingdom.  His dissertation was a comparative study of
> democratic
> politics in Africa, and at the end of his tenure at Oxford in 1990, he
> received his doctorate in Political Science.  In his position as General
> Secretary,  he organized the 7th Pan African Congress that brought
> together
> over 2000 representatives from around the world.  This successful
> meeting
> provided the arena to discuss economic, political, and humanitarian
> issues
> of importance to the African diaspora.  In early 1997 he interviewed
> Laurent Kabila about the liberated areas of the Congo.  This interview
> was
> published in West Africa Magazine.  Currently Dr. Abdul Raheem combines
> his
> work as General Secretary with teaching writing workshops working to
> develop a new concept of Pan Africanism from a grassroots level.  He is
> the
> editor of the book Pan Africanism:  Politics, Economy, and Social Change
> in
> the Twenty-first century (New York:  New York University Press) 1996.
> Dr.
> Abdul Raheem's lecture will focus on contemporary political developments
> in
> the Congo as well as the concept of Pan Africanism.
>
>
> This event Is sponsored by The Caribbean Association Of Madison-UW, The
> African Studies Program, The Havens Center, The African Students
> Association, and The Associated Students Of Madison.
>
>
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